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Volume 20

The Shikimic Acid Pathway

Edited by

Eric E. Conn
University of California
Davis, CA

PLENUM PRESS, NEW YORK AND LONDON
Contents

Early Research on the Shikimate Pathway: Some Personal Remarks and Reminiscences
Ulrich Weiss

The Shikimate Pathway - An Overview
Heinz G. Floss

Tyrosine and Phenylalanine Biosynthesis: Relationship Between Alternative Pathways, Regulation and Subcellular Location
Roy A. Jensen

Specific Inhibitors as Probes into the Biosynthesis and Metabolism of Aromatic Amino Acids
Nikolaus Amrhein

Synthetic Organic Chemistry and the Shikimate Pathway: Inhibitors and Intermediates
Paul A. Bartlett

Indoleacetic Acid, Its Synthesis and Regulation: A Basis for Tumorigenicity in Plant Disease
Tsune Kosuge and Margaret Sanger

Hydroxybenzoic Acids and the Enigma of Gallic Acid
Edwin Haslam

Lignans: Some Properties and Syntheses
Andrew Pelter

Biosynthesis of Iso-Chorismate-Derived Quinones
Eckhard Leistner

Naturally Occurring Quinones as Bioreductive Alkylating Agents
Harold W. Moore and J. Olle Karlsson

Biochemistry of Plant Coumarins
Stewart A. Brown

Some Structural and Stereochemical Aspects of Coumarin Biosynthesis
Davis L. Dreyer



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